Insan

Synopsis

The same year Shaw’s Malay Film Productions released P. Ramlee’s Penarek Becha, they also produced this melodrama centred around another humble trishaw driver. Like Ramlee’s film it was co-written by young literary upstart Jamil Sulong (who later became a director). Similar issues around class, wealth and modernity are explored through the tale of a kindly older trishaw driver (Omar Rojik) who adopts Jamilah, an orphan and marries her guardian, offering her a simple but better life (including a very, very long visit the circus). As the years pass Jamilah pulls away from her impoverished kampong life towards a world of motor cars and monied families, while kind Omar’s health is failing. A classic slice of social-realist melodrama.

Main Cast

Datin Saadiah

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Siput Sarawak

Age : N/A | Popularity : 45%

Omar Rojik

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Ahmad Mahmud

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Latifah Omar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	K. M. Basker
Department	Role	Name

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